Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-42931
CVE-2022-42931
Description
Logins saved by Firefox should be managed by the Password Manager component which uses encryption to save files on-disk. Instead, the username (not password) was saved by the Form Manager to an unencrypted file on disk. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 106.
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Affected products
5<106+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: <106
- (no CPE)range: unspecified
- cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <106.0
- osv-coords2 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/MozillaFirefox&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/firefox-esr&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweed
< 106.0-1.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: < 106.0-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 128.5.1-1.1
Patches
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References
2- www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44/nvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
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